Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] and [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tiny point of bright golden pus appears and spreads like some fierce eczema down and across the right-hand side of her face . |
| 2 | In the course of time the pirates turned merchants became a great hereditary patriciate , and Venice came to rule a mercantile empire much akin to that of ancient Athens , even in the end to acquire a large contado along and behind the Italian coast — but only after it had depended for centuries on piracy and trade for its food and livelihood . |
| 3 | Er , the forty , fifty sites in and around the urban area , and in villages were looked at in detail , as Mr Frost said , by tramping around in terms of of of I think er twelve criterium , although the part of er York City Council 's erm er evidence . |
| 4 | Er and then finally on Mr Thomas , er Mr Thomas erm , a number of occasions has er has referred to these sites in and around the er er urban area , if Mr Thomas would like us to show us a list of those sites , er we will look at them , we 've been through it on a number of occasions , square inch almost by square inch , but I 'd be very interested for Mr Thomas 's list of sites in and around the urban area . |
| 5 | It 's the nicest site around and from the surrounding countryside you 'd have seen the white mounds of the burial sites standing out against the sky , right against the heavens |
| 6 | In view of the widespread and sometimes ill-founded criticism of the recent franchise round and despite the uniform excellence of the successful tenders , will my right hon. Friend nevertheless consider the possibility of providing a review system so as either to show up ways in which it could be improved in future or to demonstrate that an extremely good job has been done by the Independent Television Commission ? |
| 7 | A month ago he went into Edinburgh for a night out and in the small hours was stabbed to death . |
| 8 | Two features , however , give Whernside a measure of distinction : on the northern approach three large tarns are passed , a surprise in a district notable for its absence of standing water , and on the southern slopes around and below the 1200-ft contour is a belt of limestone with an attendant necklace of potholes . |
| 9 | He had the difficult task of taking the field around and beyond the covert and getting them to stand well back before he could attend to his hounds . |
| 10 | If you have n't cheated and have really covered the last column , you 'll be lucky if you manage to get ten examples down and in the right places . |
| 11 | But shares clawed their way back and by the close the fall had been cut to 10.2 points at 2,289.2 . |
| 12 | Here is Tufnell coming up again , bowls over and outside the off stump , and that one goes to Robin Smith , and he 's hit somewhere on the boot and ricochets off down the pitch . |